SUNNYVALE, California – A driver hit a group of pedestrians on a sidewalk in Northern California, leaving eight people injured in what appears to be an “intentional act,” authorities said.
The incident happened Tuesday evening in Sunnyvale. Police were called to the scene about 6:40 p.m., said Capt. Jim Choi of the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety.
The preliminary investigation shows the pedestrians were on the sidewalk when the black sedan drove into them, he said, describing the accident as an “intentional act.”
Witnesses told police there were no signs the car attempted to slow down and there was no evidence of braking at the scene, he said. The car eventually crashed into a tree.
All eight patients are at a local hospital, with several suffering from serious injuries, he said. The youngest victim is 13. It’s unclear if the driver knew any of them.
The male driver is in custody and the incident is believed to be isolated, Choi said. Police have not identified the driver or the victims.
Sunnyvale is about 40 miles from San Francisco. Source

Isaiah Peoples is the man accused of intentionally plowing his car into a group of people in Sunnyvale, California, on April 23. Sunnyvale is located just to the west of San Jose, close to Silicon Valley. Authorities have said that they are recommending that Peoples face eight counts of attempted murder.
In a statement, Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety Captain Jim Choi said that investigators believe that Peoples, 34, intentionally drove into a group of people, injuring eight of them on El Camino Real at rush hour. Peoples was confirmed as a suspect in the case in a press release from the SDPS. Source